CVE-2024-44151 Missing authorization in macOS

What is CVE-2024-44151?

CVE-2024-44151 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 16 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15, macOS Sonoma 14.7, macOS Ventura 13.7. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Weakness: CWE-276

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-44151?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2024-44151?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-44151 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-44151 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44151 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Macos

• CVE-2026-65400 Apple macOS Improper Authentication Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-44146 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-44148 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-38586 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-40455 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0

All Apple Macos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9g9q-cf56-cfh9.